Why didst
thou promise such a beauteous day,
And make
me travel forth without my cloak,
To let
base clouds o'ertake me in my way,
Hiding thy
brav'ry in their rotten smoke?
'Tis not
enough that through the cloud thou break,
To dry the
rain on my storm-beaten face,
For no man
well of such a salve can speak,
That heals
the wound, and cures not the disgrace:
Nor can thy
shame give physic to my grief,
Though
thou repent, yet I have still the loss,
Th'
offender's sorrow lends but weak relief
To him
that bears the strong offence's cross.
Ah but
those tears are pearl which thy love sheds,
And they
are rich, and ransom all ill deeds.
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